Surat Al-Layl - The Holy Qur'an - القرآن الكريم

92:1

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Sahih International

By the night when it covers

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

By the night as it enshrouds, with its darkness all that is between the heaven and the earth,

92:2

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Sahih International

And [by] the day when it appears

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

and [by] the day as it unveils, [as] it is revealed and becomes manifest (idhā, ‘as’, in both instances is an absolute adverbial, operated by the verbal action of the oath),

92:3

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Sahih International

And [by] He who created the male and female,

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

and [by] the One Who (mā either functions as man, ‘the One Who’, or it is related to a verbal action) created the male and the female, Adam and Eve, or every male and female — the hermaphrodite, although problematic for us, is [in fact] either male or female according to God, and therefore a person [actually] commits perjury if he speaks with one [thinking that] because he has sworn not to speak with a male or a female; [he may do so with a hermaphrodite].

92:4

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Sahih International

Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

Assuredly your efforts, your deeds, are dissimilar, with some working towards Paradise by means of obedience, while others [in effect] are working towards the Fire through [acts of] disobedience.

92:5

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Sahih International

As for he who gives and fears Allah

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

As for him who gives, what is due to God, and is fearful, of God,

92:6

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Sahih International

And believes in the best [reward],

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

and affirms the truth of the best [word], that is, [the truth] of ‘there is no god but God’ (in both places [here and below, verse 9]),

92:7

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Sahih International

We will ease him toward ease.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

We shall surely ease his way to [the abode of] ease, to Paradise.

92:8

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Sahih International

But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

But as for him who is niggardly, with what is due to God, and deems himself self-sufficient, without need for His reward, [92:9] and denies the best [word],

92:9

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Sahih International

And denies the best [reward],

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

and denies the best [word],

92:10

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Sahih International

We will ease him toward difficulty.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

We shall surely ease his way, We shall pave for him the way, to hardship, to the Fire;

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Surat Al-Layl (The Night) - سورة الليل